Legal Status
This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov.
The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal Register documents. Each document posted on the site includes a link to the corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. This prototype edition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status. For complete information about, and access to, our official publications and services, go to About the Federal Register on NARA's archives.gov.
The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of establishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned publication in the future. While every effort has been made to ensure that the material on FederalRegister.gov is accurately displayed, consistent with the official SGML-based PDF version on govinfo.gov, those relying on it for legal research should verify their results against an official edition of the Federal Register. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts.
Reader Aids
Document Features – Sidebar
Document Utility Bar
The utility bar runs along the left side of the document and scrolls with you down the page. You can access the Public Inspection version and the official electronic format of the published document using the 2 bottom icons. And you can print using the printer icon.
Sharing
You can share (email, Facebook, and Twitter) individual paragraphs using the Paragraph icon or the entire document using the Share icon.
Navigating
To enhance navigation within Federal Register documents, we use the major headings from the published document to create an internal table of contents (located near the top of the utility bar on the left side) that link to the text in the body of the document. The bookmark shows you what page you’re on.
Commenting
Documents open for comment display a due-date banner and a green button, as well as an active sidebar icon, to “Submit a Formal Comment,” which when possible opens a comment form from Regulations.gov (the centralized Federal docket site for submitting and viewing comments on rulemaking and non-rulemaking actions). This allows you to submit a comment from the context of the FederalRegister.gov document page. If an electronic docket is not available on Regulations.gov, our comment link jumps to the comment submission information in the Federal Register document. When Regulations.gov reprocesses its data, our links to the Regulations.gov site may not function for a period of time. If our green “Submit a Formal Comment” button does not work or docket information appears to be missing, the agency’s docket may not be ready for use, or the agency may have chosen to collect comments in another way.
We show a running count of comments received in electronic dockets. Our comment count is based on the information currently available from Regulations.gov. Agencies may require several days to get a new docket established. Once a comment is received, the appropriate agency must process it before it is posted to Regulations.gov. Given the fact that certain documents may generate thousands of comments, processing may take several weeks before a comment can be viewed online. However, some “non-participating agencies” do not have Regulations.gov comment dockets; they may post comments on their agency web site. Some participating agencies may not post all comments received, particularly those submitted in paper form. For more information on Regulations.gov comment dockets and the features of that site, please visit their FAQs page
Document Tools
You can toggle the non-print markup elements on or off, which can help you see how a specific document follows the requirements of the Document Drafting Handbook.